I started posting on HowieinSeattle in 11/04, following progressive American politics in the spirit of Howard Dean's effort to "Take Our Country Back." I decided to follow my heart and posted on seattleforbarackobama from 2/07 to 11/08.--"Howie Martin is the Abe Linkin' of progressive Seattle."--Michael Hood.

Walker is being challenged not because he pursued
conservative policies but because Wisconsin has become the most glaring
example of a new and genuinely alarming approach to politics on the
right. It seeks to use incumbency to alter the rules and tilt the legal
and electoral playing field decisively toward the interests of those in
power...MORE...